WFAE is the flagship National Public Radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina broadcasting at 90.7 MHz on the FM dial. The station went on the
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air on June 29, 1981 as a service of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, taking over from a student-run carrier current station that had begun operation in the mid 1970s. It operated from the basement of the Cone University Center. In addition to NPR programs, it aired jazz during the day and classical music at night[citation needed]. Later, jazz was moved to night[2].
The station grew rapidly, and within five years moved to much larger studios in the One University Place building near the UNCC campus where it still is today.
In February 1986, WFAE began airing new age music on a Sunday evening show emphasizing contemporary jazz, featuring such artists as George Winston and Kitaro[3]. The show was called "New Age Sunday" at first, but the station dropped that name to distance itself from the new age spiritual movement[4].
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Shows: A Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, Car Talk (NPR), Fresh Air (NPR), Here and Now (WBUR), Marketplace, NPR's Morning Edition, On the Media, People's Pharmacy, Says You, Talk of the Nation, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, The Diane Rehm Show, The Thistle & Shamrock, This American Life, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, Weekend All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday, Weekend Edition Sunday, Whad'ya Know, From Our Own Correspondent (R4 Edition), Global Business, One Planet, The Strand, Assignment, BBC Business Daily, BBC World Business News, BBC World News, Business Weekly, Charlie Gillett's World of Music, Heart and Soul, Politics UK, Science in Action, The Instant Guide, The Interview, The World Today, World Briefing, Echoes, World Cafe, Marketplace Money, Speaking of Faith, Splendid Table, The Parents Journal, Bob Edwards Weekend, Charlotte Talks
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Hosts: Michele Norris, Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, Robin Young, Kai Ryssdal, Steve Chiotakis, Jeremy Hobson, Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Dorothy Hickson, Carlos Rosado, Richard Knox, Terry Graedon, Joe Graedon, Neal Conan, Ira Flatow, Annette Heist, Charles Bergquist, Diane Rehm, Ira Glass, Jessica Hopper, Alex Blumberg, Peter Sagal Sagal, Carl Kasell Kasell, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Audie Cornish, Michael Feldman, John Diliberto, Dennis Coffey, Lloyd Cole, Steve Miller, Tess Vigeland, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift, Bobbi Conner, Bob Edwards
